Employment Advisor - Burnley, Lancashire

Get Set to change lives by helping people move into real jobs and stay there through structured support, clear expectations and strong employer relationships.

About the Role

This is a frontline employability role focused on job outcomes. You will manage a structured caseload, support individuals to become work ready and work directly with employers to generate live vacancies. Success is measured by people starting work and sustaining employment. This is an office-based, full-time role. It is not home-based.

What This Role Is Really About

Employment creates stability, confidence and opportunity. This role exists to make that happen. You will combine practical employability coaching with proactive employer engagement. You will challenge where needed, support consistently and take ownership of outcomes. This is not about activity for its own sake. It is about progression into work.

Environment

• Office based
• Monday to Friday working pattern
• Structured diary with back-to-back appointments
• Performance-led environment with clear targets
• Regular employer sales and marketing activity

What You Will Do

• Manage a structured caseload with clear job outcome expectations
• Deliver focused one-to-one appointments aimed at moving people into work
• Provide CV writing, application and interview preparation to employer standard
• Coach professional behaviours such as punctuality, preparation and attendance
• Proactively engage local employers to generate live vacancies
• Promote job-ready candidates and match them to suitable roles
• Drive applications, interviews, job starts and sustained outcomes
• Maintain accurate and timely records on CRM systems
• Meet safeguarding, compliance and data security requirements

Employer / Stakeholder Element

• Build and maintain relationships with local employers
• Understand recruitment needs and respond quickly with suitable candidates
• Convert employer conversations into interviews and job offers
• Maintain an active vacancy pipeline aligned to customer readiness

What Makes Someone Successful Here

• You are reliable, organised and consistent
• You are comfortable working to targets and being accountable for results
• You balance support with constructive challenge
• You follow through on commitments
• You believe employability only works when it leads to jobs

What You Will Bring

• Essential Experience in a target-driven, outcome-focused or sales-led role
• Experience working with customers, clients or employers
• Strong written communication skills, including CVs and applications
• Confidence using IT systems and managing accurate records

Trainable Employability and welfare-to-work knowledge

Employer engagement techniques

Internal systems and processes

A Day in the Role

Your day may start with back-to-back customer appointments focused on applications and interview preparation. You may then speak to or visit employers to discuss vacancies. The afternoon could include supporting interviews, updating records and following up on job offers. Some days will feel fast-paced. Progress is not always immediate, but consistency matters.

What You Will Get From This Role

You will build strong coaching, employer engagement and case management skills. You will gain experience that leads to progression within employability, employer engagement or leadership roles. You will be supported by clear targets, structured management and a collaborative team.

Benefits include:

• Vitality private medical support including GP, mental health and physio access
• IncentFit, earning up to 360 per year for staying active
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for counselling and financial advice
• Pension with 5% employee and 3% employer contribution

You will be able to point to real outcomes you have delivered.

Values

At Get Set UK, we are Ambitious, we take Pride in what we do, we are Considerate, we Own It and we Inspire. We are looking for people who bring these values to their work consistently.

Why Join Get Set UK

You will join a growing organisation that has supported tens of thousands of people into skills, training and employment. The work has visible impact on individuals, communities and local economies. You will gain meaningful, transferable experience while helping people build better futures.

Recruitment Process

We review every application carefully. We expect a clear and concise CV showing what you have achieved. You will complete short scenario-based questions as part of your application. These must be completed in full. If progressed, you may be invited to a telephone or video screening interview. Attendance is expected as agreed. Successful candidates may complete a short work-based assessment within 48 hours, followed by a hiring manager interview.

Eligibility

This role is subject to appropriate safeguarding and vetting checks. We are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position, so applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

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Additional information

We reserve the right to close applications early, so we encourage early applications. Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals and are committed to supporting physical and mental wellbeing at work. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process. This role is subject to satisfactory recruitment checks and a commitment to safeguarding learners and clients. Get Set UK does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.